Through The Fiery Furnace in Dillngham's Storeyard
Abner Moon sits with Bige Eliot on a bench when Abner jokes about town matrimony as Miss Simkins considers him. A humorous chase leads Abner into a smokehouse to avoid her, where he is trapped and treated by Dr. Lavender and Bige. After a panic of plasters and a fake fire, Miss Simkins declares her love and Abner contemplates marriage despite the smoky ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillngham
Abner Moon
Bige Eliot
Abner
Bige
Waal
Blige
Salaam
Blee
Biige
Miss Simkins
v.Abner
Ile
Bige Ellet
Moss Shukins
Widderer
Mr. Ellet
Nise
Miss Shakins
Gont
Mr. Moon
Mr. Bliet
Miebbe
Dr. Lavender
Miss Simkinus
Jericho
Vera
Misss Slinkins
Mebby
Blige Ellet
Atlss Shmkins
Sereny
Serens
A Shrewd Lawyer and a Woodward Moment in Court
A celebrated lawyer Jeremiah Mason cunningly exposed a witness by prompting a verbatim retelling of a key statement and revealing a handwritten paper from the witness’s waistcoat. Mason noted the witness’s gesture and inferred the source, prompting dismissal of the witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Mason
Ife
Mason
Chicago
Early statesmen on expansion and early U S population
Monroe opposed Mississippi ownership and Madison warned of population growth. The piece recalls the 1789 constitutional era when the country was thinly populated, listing city populations from New York to St Louis and noting Chicago and Indianapolis as futures, with growth ahead.
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Washington
Mississippi River
James Monroe
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi
United States
James Madison
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Providence
Hertford
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Indianapolis
When Silence Was Golden in Presidential Campaigns
The piece traces early norms of candidate restraint in U S presidential races. It cites General Scott’s pre nominating remarks and a note about a soup incident shaping caricatured ridicule. Lincoln avoided public statements before nomination while Garfield started the post nomination practice of public speechmaking in campaigns.
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General Scott
Mexico
Polk
Beatt
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
Indianapolis News
A Woman's Influence and a Lawyer's Somersault
A London Tit-Bits excerpt recounts a hapless delegation seeking a Saturday half holiday by pleasing a boss's wife, who agrees after humor and social pressure. The piece also relays Lord Eldon recounting John Dunning's strategic courtroom gambit to shape a case, highlighting deft legal wit and misdirection in early English jurisprudence.
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Page
London
Lord Eldon
John Dunning
Lord Ashburton
Lent Eldon
Dunning
Confusion on a Rhine steamboat tests language woes
The biographer of Lord Bramwell recalls a tale of a distressed lady who, unable to communicate across languages, muttered she wished she were safe at home. Despite attempts in English, French, German, and Italian, she could only sigh in despair at her helplessness amid strangers.
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Lord Bramwell
Kean's Funny Slip In Hamlet Performance
Charles Kean, a nervous actor, bungled a Hamlet line and caused a comic incident on stage. He misread the passage and improvisations led to audience laughter and a rapid curtain call amid the jeers from Clewsland Lender.
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Kean
Charles Hean
Hamlet
Clewsland Lender
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Redden & Downes
Denton, Maryland
Mrs. Boone
Dr. Gray
Redden
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Transportation Co
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Turkey Creek
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Todd’s
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Towers
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Lyford
Denton
Passapac’s
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L. B. Towers
Feed and Sale
A. E. Cooper
Maryland
Talbot Savings Bank
Easton
Journal
the County News
Newspap
Heho Lives
J. Harry Rose
Berwanger & CO
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The
Philadelphia Record
Bryan
Stcat
Volicies
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Hiecard
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New Jersey
Delaware
Phildelphia Record
Cirele
Philladelphia Record
KML
Sunday Record
Harvily L. Cooper
A. R. Wright
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Law Building
Orsraniz
Tsdu
Sok Tro
North British and Mercantile Insurance Co
Insurance Company of North America
Farmers’ Fire Insurance Co
German Alliance Insurance Co
Esseeee
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Phoenix Insurance Co
Hartford
Siore
Phare
Representativa
the Smith Manufacturing & Engineering Co
Ridgely, Md
F. J. Wright
Wright
M. K. Frantz
Prodice Commission
Hiladelphia
J. Bolgiano & Son
Light and Pratt Sts
Woood
Wood
T. W. Wogd & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Confectionery Store
Huyler
COW Loaplart Stealiship Company
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Columina
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Baltimore Street
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Haltmore
Mad
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Gener
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All Newsdenlera
Munn & Go
New York
Finer
F St
D.C
Junker
E. Fayette ST
Charlee
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Easter Shore
Denton, Md
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Soo Ray
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Monroe
Madison
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